page_title: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)
caption_attribution_description: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Franklin D. Roosevelt, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 24 August 1967 to 19 May 1968.
context_page_description: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt was the second of three Midway-class aircraft carriers. To her crew, she was known as "Swanky Franky," "Foo-De-Roo," or "Rosie," with the last nickname probably the most popular. Roosevelt spent most of her active deployed career operating in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the United States Sixth Fleet. The ship was decommissioned in 1977 and was scrapped shortly afterward. She was the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy to be named in honor of a President of the United States.
context_section_description: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) was the second of three Midway-class aircraft carriers. To her crew, she was known as "Swanky Franky," "Foo-De-Roo," or "Rosie," with the last nickname probably the most popular. Roosevelt spent most of her active deployed career operating in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the United States Sixth Fleet. The ship was decommissioned in 1977 and was scrapped shortly afterward. She was the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy to be named in honor of a President of the United States.
caption: Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1967
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